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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 103

Wool, plucked (shearing); (of/for) A'šalum: 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); [1 gešʾ2] 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 3 (= 63); wool of the bar-ASZ (grade): 3, SIKIL (clean/pure).

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 105

Ewes (female sheep), delivery; account of (lit. "with/from"): |HIxDISZ|-šum; 1 hundred (and) 2 sheep; 10 grass-fed lambs; 2 she-goats (LAK020). Month: iti-sar. Beli-ZI. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 113

Month: Sar-nenegar (NE.NE.GAR). The lord (en), on the journey (to?) Udara: donkeys: 11; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 7 barig. The lord went (ba-gin). Donkeys: 12; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 2 gur 4 barig 2 ban₂. 3 days he/they stayed (al-tuš).

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 114

New-moon day of Be-lim(?); šu, u₂, šim(?); the ruler (en) went (there); 3 days he stayed. Donkeys (and) 22 work-troop (men) — barley consumed: 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban₂. Purchase goods(?): |GA₂×NE+E₂| (vessel/container): 2 ban₂.

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 115

Lu-geš-DU: 5. Goods (nig₂): 1 gur 5 ban₂. The overseer Lu-geš-DU: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban₂. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban₂. The wife: 6. Goods (nig₂): 4 barig. Aḫatum: 2 barig. Šu-kabba: 2 barig. Azazu: 1 barig. Receipt (šu) of Ḫar-da-nu: 8. Goods (nig₂): 8 barig 2 ban₂. Plough-donkeys: 2 — the work-gang (erin₂). Barley consumed (as fodder/rations): 5 barig. Total: 4 gur 2 ban₂. Month-record (iti-sar): Bēlī-ZI.

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 116

Lu-geš-DU: 5 (gur). Goods(?): 1 gur 5 ban. The overseer of the lu-geš-DU men: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban. Šu-kabba: 1 (gur) 2 barig. (His) wife: 6 (gur) 4 barig. Aḫatum: 1 (gur) 2 barig. Azazu: 1 (gur) 1 barig. The female child (daughter): 1 (gur) 4 ban. Milling work (nig₂-KIN-KIN): 2 gur. Month: sar of Belim.

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 121

[Ḫal]-ti: [n+]2 gur 3 barig (of grain). Tab-la-a-lim: 5 gur. Ar-ši-a-ḫu: 3 gur 4 barig. Ar-rum: 4 gur 3 barig [+ n]. kur(?) Kur-i-lum: 1 gur 3 barig 3 ban.

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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 122

(Obverse) The lord (en) of Nagar(?), in 4 days: 4 gur (of barley). The lord — Ur-bar: 4 barig 4 ban₂. The lord — [Su]-lum: [n gur] 1 barig 4 ban₂. (Reverse) The lord — AN-ma-LUM: 1 gur 6 barig. (Total:) 6 gur 3 barig 2 ban₂. Month-record: third (month of) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

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